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A study reports that almost half of Australia is “untouched by humans”.

More than 40 percent of Australia, an area the size of India, remains untouched by humans, making the country as critical to the world’s environment as the Amazon rainforests, a study said on Wednesday.

“It’s rare on earth in this century,” Australian wildlife ecologist and report author Barry Traill told local radio. “We need to hold onto this country. It’s just so precious,” he said.

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“If you drive through and see these vast areas of bushland, it looks in pretty good shape, but there are subtle changes happening, and we need to get people back out there managing it,” he said.